Medicaid

As Florida and other states wait for Deloitte to make fixes in computer systems, Medicaid beneficiaries risk losing access to health care and food.

Florida KidCare, a childhood insurance option for some parents who lost coverage, is failing to offset the coverage gap left by the Medicaid unwinding.

The health plans AmeriHealth Caritas Florida and Sentara Care Alliance are challenging decisions by AHCA to deny them contracts to manage care for Medicaid beneficiaries.

More facilities are partnering with private equity-backed firms to offer combined emergency and urgent care. But patients may not realize prices vary between the two services — often by a lot.

The program had nearly 5.78 million beneficiaries in April 2023, but enrollment has steadily decreased since the end of the federal public health emergency.

With billions of dollars on the line, three protests about Medicaid managed care contracts have been sent to a state administrative law judge by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration.

A losing bidder has filed a lawsuit arguing that Florida health officials should be barred from moving forward with new Medicaid managed care contracts until its fight for a contract is resolved.

Biomarker testing can help detect diseases earlier and guide medical decisions. Coverage for state health plan enrollees will kick in on Jan. 1.

Analysis: Florida is among the states that sought to improve quality of care by mandating the highest minimum staffing hours per resident. But records reveal that a law was no guarantee of improvement.

The judge dismissed the state's lawsuit against two federal agencies and said the case should instead be an administrative challenge. Next stop is the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta.